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" W. C. BEAT...

i GAR GOUPLING. Y Y No. 307,704. Patented Nov.V 4, `1884.

WITNESSES INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES aTeNT trice.,

IVILLIAM C. BEAL, OF FERNANDINA, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTHEODORE STARBUOK, OF SAME PLACE.

CARI-COUPLING.

SEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,704, datedNovember 4, 1884.-.

Application filed`A|lgust 1, 1884.

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM CoNs'rAN'rlNn Bear., a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of Fernandina, in the county of Nassau and Stateof Florida, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full. clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art.- to which it appertains, to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has relation to so-called automatic car-couplings orself-couplers of that class in which a coupling-pin is used which israised automatically by the insertion of the link and dropped throughthe link after the end of this has passed the lower end of the pin; andmy improvement consists 'in the detailed construction and combination ofparts, which will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan View of my improvedcar-coupling.

A Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same with the link in the actof passing under the pin-elevating lever, and Fig. 3 is a similarsection showing the link in its coupled position.

In the embodiment of my invention I employ, in connection with thedrawhead A and coupling-pin B, a curved lever, (l. Said lever is pivotedupon a pin, a, in an opening, b, in the upper part, near the front orilaied open end of the draw-head A, said opening being overhung by arearwardly and upwardly curved chambered or hollow casting or horn, c,the function of which will be referred to farther on. The lever C isformed at its lower forward end with a beak, or, in other words, it issharply curved or convexed upon its outer or exterior surface rearwardlyor inwardly at said end, being also tapered toward its said extremityand normally resting upon the bot tom of the draw-head chamberthereat,where by it is adapted to readily yield to the action of thelink as the latter is brought into contact therewith in effecting thecoupling oper-- (No model.)

ation'. The upper or outer end of said lever normally rests upon the topof the draw-head, the same as before stated, projecting through anopening in the draw-head, while from its said end extends in thedirection of its length a slot, d, through which passes the couplingpiuB, also passing through and guided by an aperture, e, in the upper endof the horn or casting c in addition to passing in the usual mannerthrough an aperture in the upper part and an aperture in the bottomofthe draw-head. The slot d is ot' such length that it will permit theouter end of the lever C to describe the required arc in its ascent asthe lower end of said lever is acted upon by the entering link to effectthe elevation of the pin B to the required height, said pin beingreduced or provided with shoulders f and g, one above and the otherbelow said lever, which, by projecting sidewise over or overlapping theslot d. admit of limited play or motion between the slotted end of thelever and the pin, so that the latter will always maintain its verticalposition without tilting as the slotted end of the lever strikes theupper shoulder, j', in raising the pin. After the end of the lilik haspassed the lower end of the pin, the latter will drop into position tocouple with the link independent of lever C, the reduced part of the pinbetween its shoulders giving sufficient play for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- The combination of the draw-head A,hav ing the rearwardly-curved horn or casting c, provided with aperturec, eouplingpin B, having a reduced part forming shoulders lf and g, andcurved lever G, having a slot, (I, at its rear end coniined between theshoulders or offsets on the pin, substantially as and for the purposeshown and set forth.

In testimony that I cla-im the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM O. BEAL.

Witnesses:

J. A. EDWARDS, F. W'. SrMMoNs.

